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A Truth Little Understood, and Which is Recommended to the Particular Study of William C. Wentworth, Esq., and His Political Colleagues single work   poetry   "A sentence of the sage, or of the bard"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Composed: Pyrmont, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 A Truth Little Understood, and Which is Recommended to the Particular Study of William C. Wentworth, Esq., and His Political Colleagues
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 5 no. 103 12 July 1845 Z1672997 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 15
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , Elizabeth Perkins (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z459555 1984 selected work poetry satire 'This collection represents one version of almost every poem written by Charles Harpur, with the omission of some translations and paraphrases. The verse drama, "Stalwart the Bushranger", and the fragments of the dramatic poem "King Saul" are not included. ... The collection is edited from Harpur's manuscript poems held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and from printed copies in colonial newspapers when no manuscript version existed.' (Preface) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 pg. 99
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